Zander "thwifo" Kim is no longer a part of NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 crashies Austin Roberts Victor Victor Wong Marved Jimmy Nguyen Ethan Ethan Arnold Demon1 Max Mazanov , three months after joining the team as a sixth man.

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Today we say goodbye to @thwifo.

Thank you for being a great teammate to start our year off in the VCT. We'll be rooting for you in your next chapter!

thwifo became known for his time with XSET XSET Inactive , during which he won 2021's Complexity x NSG Invitational and featured in several VCT tournaments. He then spent a year under T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) xccurate Kevin Susanto , although the team failed to reach the VCT and struggled in the lower echelons of competitive Valorant. He was released last October, following the organization's move to Korea for the VCT Pacific, and hasn't returned to professional play since.

NRG brought thwifo on as a sixth man in December, to fulfill Riot's roster requirements. After wins against KOI KOI Europe Rank #84 kamo Kamil Frąckowiak ShadoW Tobias Flodström grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko starxo Patryk Kopczynski sheydos Bogdan Naumov and Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , NRG lost to LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #1 Quick Gabriel Lima saadhak Matias Delipetro Less Felipe de Loyola tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira and finished in top eight of VCT LOCK//IN. He did not get the chance to play for the team.

According to a report from Dot Esports, the team will sign "an internal player as the sixth man."

NRG's first match in the Americas League is scheduled for April 3, when they'll face Leviatán Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena Mazino Roberto Rivas aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee at 4 p.m. ET.

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